Regulation 10 Amendments relating to the affected injury award

Regulation 50 (affected injury award) is amended as follows.

After paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)

The amount of the affected injury award is A + B, where—

(a)

“A” is the basic affected injury amount, and

(b)

“B” is the affected injury uplift.”.

In paragraph (2), for “the amount of the affected injury award” substitute “the basic affected injury amount”.

In paragraph (3), for “The amount of the affected injury award” substitute “The basic affected injury amount”.

In paragraph (4)—

After paragraph (4) insert—

“(4A)

The affected injury uplift is £17,000 where—

(a)

on the relevant date, P has a single infection of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C of severity level 2 or 2B, and

(b)

Q is an affected SSP recipient as a bereaved partner of P.

(4B)

The affected injury uplift is £10,000 where—

(a)

Q is a child or a sibling of P,

(b)

Q is aged 17 or under during the first year of infection, and

(c)

while Q is aged 17 or under, P—

(i)

has a single infection of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C of severity level 2 or 2B, and

(ii)

does not have an infection mentioned in paragraph (3).

(4C)

The affected injury uplift is £11,000 where—

(a)

Q is a sibling of P,

(b)

Q is aged 17 or under during the first year of infection, and

(c)

while Q is aged 17 or under, P has an infection mentioned in paragraph (3).

(4D)

The affected injury uplift is £20,200 where—

(a)

Q is a child of P,

(b)

Q is aged 17 or under during the first year of infection, and

(c)

while Q is aged 17 or under, P has an infection mentioned in paragraph (3).

(4E)

Where, on the relevant date, P has an infection mentioned in paragraph (3), the affected injury uplift is—

(a)

£76,100, where Q is a parent of P and P died—

(i)

at the age of 17 or under, and

(ii)

before 14th April 2026^f1;

(b)

£43,400, where—

(i)

Q is a parent of P,

(ii)

P is aged 17 or under during the first year of infection, and

(iii)

P is not dead or did not die in circumstances described in sub-paragraph (a);

(c)

£43,000, where Q is a partner of P and—

(i)

P died before 14th April 2026, or

(ii)

Q is an affected SSP recipient as a bereaved partner of P.

(4F)

Where none of paragraphs (4A) to (4E) applies in relation to Q, the affected injury uplift is £0.”.